The C.A.S.H. Courier Newsletter

Spring 2014Net and Bolt Killing of Deer at Cornell

There are various forms of deer killing. “Net & bolt” is one of the
cruelest. CayugaDeer has been fighting and documenting culling in Ithaca,
NY.

They write:

CayugaDeer.org has long maintained that the wildlife
division of NY State's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) seeks
to use the Ithaca community as a gateway to “net and bolt” killing of
suburban deer -- a technique widely condemned by veterinary experts and
humane societies for its egregious cruelty. Faculty and staff of Cornell’s
DNR, whose actions often serve to further the DEC’s cynical agenda while
cloaking it in a veil of perceived academic legitimacy, have been setting up
“Clover traps” (collapsible box traps) on Cornell-owned property in various
areas of the Town of Ithaca. They are then killing the deer they capture by
ramming a metal rod into their skulls using a “captive bolt” device similar
to those used in slaughterhouses.